Morning Minutes: Dec. 29

Word of the Day, Website of the Day, Number to Know, This Day in History, Today’s Featured Birthday and Daily Quote.

Word of the Day
hardihood HAHR-dee-hood (noun) 1. boldness or daring; courage. 2. audacity or impudence. 3. strength; power; vigor: the hardihood of youth. 4. hardy spirit or character; determination to survive; fortitude: the hardihood of early settlers. — www.dictionary.com

Website of the Day
Ecorner
ecorner.stanford.edu
Is one of your New Year’s resolutions to become an entrepreneur in 2014? Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner offers 2,000 free videos and podcasts as resources.

Number to Know
1.25 million: On this date in 1997, Hong Kong began to kill all the nation's 1.25 million chickens to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.

This Day in History
Dec. 29, 1851: The first American YMCA opens in Boston.